Madeleine L'Engle biography

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After writing her first children's book, And Both Were Young (1949), Madeleine L’Engle began a series of juvenile fictional works about the Austin family. Then, in A Wrinkle in Time, and its three sequels, L'Engle introduced a group of young children who engage in a cosmic battle against a great evil that abhors individuality. L'Engle also wrote several books of fiction and poetry for adults.